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The Iron Heel

by Jack London · 1907

Science Fiction · ranked #44 in category

Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian," it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views

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Category
Science Fiction
First published
1907 · 1900s
Author
Jack London
Standing
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